Kids' Collection............. Claire (1)

Some of Claire's drawing collection.........

Kids' collection...........Louis (1)

The house was getting loaded with new stuff every year as the kids grow, so I took some time to go through old stuff in order to sieve out the items which are no longer wanted or needed anymore.

Found some priceless collection of drawings from the them when they were little.

Sigh.......... they are grow up so fast and before I knew it, they are no longer the chubby little bundles that were bouncing up and down the sofas and car seats...

2017 Trip to Malaysia (Day 3: Cameron Highlands)..........Part 4

Vegetable Farms in Cameron Highlands

2017 Trip to Malaysia (Day 3: Cameron Highlands).........Part 3

Fresh Air, nice weather, green mountains, simple home style cooked food....

After visiting Tan's Camelia Garden , we spent the day in Cameron Highlands exploring gardens, mountain trail and nice food of course.

We went on the Jungle Walk number 3, which is more family friendly.















Following the trail walking, we visited a nearby Strawberry Farm.














Visited the Kea Farm Market, near Brinchang Town.
The stores sell mainly the local produce such as tomatoes, corn, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, sweet potatoes, beans, flowers and toys.









In the evening, we returned to Brinchang Town, where we had our dinner. There were many restaurants, many of which family-owned.

Our favourite dishes were mixed vegetable with tofu and meat in claypot, stir fried pumpkin and other stir fried local vegetables (long bean, Chayote leaves (Chinese name is 龙须菜) and omelette. There are also various meat dishes such as black pepper venison, sweet and sour meat, lemon chicken and many more.





Steamboat eateries are everywhere.






Brinchang Town Center.




Stir Fried pumpkin


Stir Fried Chayote Leaves


Mixed Vegetables and tofu in a claypot.


Stir Fried beef with ginger and onion.


Simple onion omelette.

Hotel Jasmine - where we spent our nights

View of Brinchang Night Market, from our hotel room

2017 Trip to Malaysia (Day 3: Cameron Highlands).........Part 2

On our way to the vegetable farms, we passed by the famous Smokehouse Hotel, Cameron Highlands.

Snapped a few photos for souvenir, though we did not stay there.

2017 Trip to Malaysia (Day 3: Cameron Highlands)..........Part 1

We visited (by chance) a fascinating garden, owned by the Tan couple. Their lovely green haven is hidden in the Town of Tanah Rata, next to a forest trail.


'Tan's Camelia Garden'


The entrance doesn't look like much, but further in, a mini paradise awaits.........

2017 Trip to Malaysia (Day 2: Cameron Highlands)................... Part 2

...... continued from Part 1

After a hearty Dim Sum meal Ipoh, we started our ascend up Cameron Highlands.




First stop - the Cameron Lavendar Garden

http://cameronlavender.com/
Tringkap, Cameron Highlands, 39100 Pahang, Malaysia.

2017 Trip to Malaysia (Day 2: Ipoh - Cameron Highlands)...............Part 1

Saying goodbyes are never easy. We bid grandma and relatives well and set off from Kuala Lumpur at about 8.30 a.m. It was a smooth ride on the North-South Expressway. Took us about 3.5 hours to come into sight the famous caves of Ipoh outskirts. 

Ipoh was once an important town for the mining of tin. Big houses and grand mansions can be seen in the city and older parts of the city area. These were once the residential area of the rich immigrants from the north who made a successful living out of tin mining industry and other related businesses.

2017 Trip to Malaysia (Day 1: Kulai - Mantin - KL).........Part 3

...........continued from Part 2


After we finished the "photo shoot" at Sekolah Menegah Mantin (Secondary School), we drove a short while along the narrow and quiet lanes of the small town.






We also visited the old houses where my mom and family once lived, including the one where I lived as a baby...



The house where I spent my childhood (baby-hood actually)....

see it below... nothing has changed much, even though it's been 30 over years.......... seeing the house after all these years really brought back endless memories...



Dad carrying me beside his first car